Strauss-Kahn charged over prostitution ring

[brooklynite]

Source: CBS

(CBS/AP) LILLE, France - A lawyer for Dominique Strauss-Kahn says the former IMF chief has been handed preliminary charges alleging he was involved in a French prostitution ring.

Investigating judges questioned Strauss-Kahn for several hours Monday. Lawyer Richard Malka told reporters after Strauss-Kahn left that he was accused of procuring prostitutes and involvement in an "organized gang."

Malka says Strauss-Kahn denies wrongdoing. The lawyer also says it is wrong to prosecute Strauss-Kahn for "simple libertine activity."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57404797/strauss-kahn-charged-over-prostitution-ring/

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Um, "Libertine Activity"? My impression is that he's being accused of having an active business role, not taking advantage of the company discount...

[Beacool]

1. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.

The guy is a creep.

[xtraxritical]

2. Neoliberalism in actual practice!

[Prometheus Bound]

3. So he was a pimp while head of the IMF.

[Major Hogwash]

4. The attempted rapist is charged with runnng a prostitution ring.

What a shock.

[reorg]

5. But why is any of this illegal?

Hard for me to fathom from what I have read.

He participated in sex parties: not denied, not illegal (anywhere, to my knowledge).

Prostitutes also provided their services at these parties: illegal in (most of the) US, but also in France? Why?

And what difference does it make if he knew that prostitutes participated at these events?

If the fact that prostitutes did participate is not illegal in itself (as supposedly in most European countries), why is it illegal for the organizers to hire them? The remuneration cited in some reports is hardly indicative of "exploitation" - which would be the reason why pimping is illegal even in countries where prostitution is not.

[BlueIris]

6. What a shock.

I am utterly flabbergasted to read this.